“It will never be the same”

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/golf/2017/04/03/arnold-palmer-masters-2017-dates-Augusta-National-Golf-Club/stories/201704030019

http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/arnold-palmer/gerry-dulac-special-moments-around-arnold-palmer-came-to-mind-after-learning-of-his-death/

Worth reading…

…well we sure think so.

Two articles about two guys – darn good reading we think.

·         http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-masters-jason-day-cancer-20170404-story.html

·         http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/golf/ct-rory-mcilroy-donald-trump-masters-spt-0405-20170404-story.html

It starts tomorrow – we love it – the game – the guys – the way its run – and shown to us – and yep it is simply following good old well established and very long lasting concepts and “fundamentals.”  Darn good lesson for us all and its many values and needs, particularly today.

Misguided? Or just not all that bright?

It is an interesting time for a rather large group of folks who for many years now – actually decades – have had the running set of “principles” and “basics” and “governmental” and “foundational” standards – well at least laws were passed to support – all of these – their ways of running things.  We today – us Americans – now live in a country run by their ways and techniques and results (oops, yes, and debt.)   And lo and behold a rather large group of us Americans are simply sick and tired – fed up – simply ready willing and able to step up and say “enough” – well not just say it – try at least to do something about it.

We look at the “clowns” a plenty – again no disrespect intended with the use of this descriptive word for the good women and men who dress up to entertain our kids and grandkids – no we mean the other definitional group of “clowns” who mostly can be found in several locations doing not much of value.  This group of “clowns” includes:

·         As far as we can observe, darn near all Democrats

·         Ditto for a good chunk of Republicans

·         As far as we read/listen/observe 90+% of America’s “media” dopes, and

·         Yes, that includes the ones who pretend otherwise

·         And with one notable exception* – the masses not overpaid and phenomenally unneeded dopes in government jobs all over the place

·         Does that cover it?  Nope.  Anyone with an ounce of still working brain capability would add in the entirety of Hollywood – and a good chunk of its neighboring neighborhoods….

·         ….and all one need do to finish the list is observe those places now experiencing a good departure of the many older Americans who, like us, are simply fed up

Closing comment – s’il vous plait.  We look at the media mostly because – well, it’s the media.  As we all know it comes in a variety of delivery forms and fashions and folks it mostly simply stinks.  Why is that?  Well we have a pretty good idea but we instead are going to simply address its rather obvious and growing problem – people, many people are fed up with it and as it loses its audience and – surprise/surprise its money coming in – it is getting more and more lost in its nonsense.  Alas folks what we are learning is it needs someone else to hold accountable – heaven forbid it might recognize what really is going on.

And that folks is our closing comment/observation – it simply is clueless.  American media today is lost (yes, it has a chunk of followers (see above listing please) and seeks others to blame.

Misguided?  Or just not too bright?  

* Excludes American military 

How much trouble are we in?

Here is the official definition of “trouble” – “difficulty or problem”

Synonyms – problems, difficulty, bother, inconvenience, worry, concern, anxiety, distress, strife, agitation, harassment, hassle, unpleasantness

Anything missing perhaps?

 Well we think an obvious anything is missing – unrepayable debt.

Now when we say – “are we in” as above we mean – the United States of America.

Our quickest – easiest – fastest – least difficult – manner or approach to offer our thinking and reasoning for now concluding the US of A is in trouble is to combine two simple fundamentals –

1.    The one above – unrepayable debt – a no-no – and

2.    These several words spoken by our 35^th president within minutes of his taking the office of president –

“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Still with us?   If so, ask yourself this – is there a connection between our source of trouble – now we know it is the result of several real problems but we don’t see much point in spending anymore time addressing the real problems for several reasons including:

·         It is politically incorrect these days to so address any real problem, and

·         Therefore it is a waste of time to so engage, and

·         The simple knowledge that we have tells us no one – nary a soul – with even a modicum of wisdom and human standards intends or will even consider passing along debt to their children born and to their children not yet conceived.

Get it?

As human beings we can do one of two things – be responsible to those we care about and add to the human being gathering – or not be responsible and  folks it is now fairly obvious to all but those who live off the latter that America is simply self destructing.

The democrat party as well as a good chunk of the dopey republicans has simply abandoned the rather obvious brief words snitched and used by JFK in his rather brief commentary upon getting the top political job here.  Did JFK mean the words?  Well all we know is this when we ponder that question – he gave his life for the USA – as did his older brother before him – and a younger brother after him and he said the few words above and we cannot find even one person in darn near all our political jobs and government jobs (excluding our military of course) and reporters who has an ounce of their simple commitment to America by following the principle of the few words.

In trouble?  It’s just debt, huh?  Don't mention it.

Worth reading

Just a couple this wonderful morning –

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/03/sen-ben-sasse-takes-down-identity-politics-at-scotus-hearing

And –

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/11/22/12-fake-news-stories-from-the-mainstream-media/

The above/latter link – just for those who wonder – why is our media so lost.  Well folks it simply is just doing what it loves to do.

90+% of our press are……..dopes

Now let us explain, s’il vous plait.

First what meaneth the dots in the title above?  Simple answer – we don’t print most of the words – well none of ‘em – that preceded the descriptive definition – dopes.

How did we calculate the 90%?  Simpler answer – we have been around for a while – quite a while.  Actually we do use the descriptive + plus sign because it has always been very obvious that it is more than 90% but we were not certain of using 95+% and obviously knew that 100% would be at least modestly difficult to defend.  Alas – it can’t be defended and here are two good reasons why:

1. First a guy by the name of John Kass.  We’ve read him for a long, long time.  He is a Chicago guy –well he is on the second page of the Chicago Tribune and this is what we usually – no, not always, but darn near – like and admire about this one man – he is getting better and better by the day – by that we simply mean in our opinion – this one dopey guy writing these few words – he sees the situation and he knows darn well it is not good and yet he still has to balance that with good writing or else – well you figure out what else, huh?  An example – well read his article published today and afterwards ask yourself this simple question – the dopes in the 90+% of today’s American media and the one pile of ____ party cannot bring themselves to apply one standard to all – and that is just one of the reasons so many are not worth watching/reading/listening to.

2.  Now the next guy – a guy named Jason L. Riley.   Holy smokes folks we have just found him recently (last year or so) – not over the years as mentioned about the guy above.  Not only is he a darn good writer and observer and simply aware of what the heck is actually going on - he has the ability and the skill and simply the guts to put it together and write it/reveal it and not give a tinkle of nonsense to diminish it.  Why do we mention this characteristic?  Well name a Republican who acts in a similar fashion, huh?   Mr. Riley is located at the Wall Street Journal. 

Closing comments s’il vous plait.

Now we are pretty darn sure you may need to subscribe to one or both outfits to promptly get their commentaries – observations – wonderful writings.  But we also think you may be able to get their writings by moving around and checking up on them.  Pls don’t hold us to that.

Up to you – we do find them way above – really those words are woefully inadequate to describe their observations and simple presentations compared with 90+% of the dopes in America’s media today and yes we mean 90+% of the TV dopes (heck, we are probably being rather generous  in limiting that observation to just 90+% of them dopes, huh?)

Our modest closing suggestion – turn off the TV – read these guys – find others – heck if you’ve got a good one let us know, huh?   But also know this – we will check ‘em out and maybe agree – maybe not, huh?

The American Debt Discussion and Awareness

We start with a simple human being medical example – let’s say some guy, hypothetically,  recently  visited the medical center a week ago and was tested and examined and had samples of this and that taken and came back a few days ago and was told the following:

·         Some hearing loss

·         Immune system not quite what it used to be

·         Occasional urinal incontinence

·         A possible tumor in your liver needs further analysis

We all know that the last one needs immediate attention – the others need to be dealt with and there are several well known methods.  But a tumor?  May be a big problem – let’s hope it is treatable – get moving – deal with it.

Is this simple example appropriate elsewhere?  And if so – where – and further who should be doing it – and further – let’s just say we have an example – then – what are the next steps?

Yesterday morning we did something we seldom do – for about 12 or 15 minutes we clicked around between the Sunday Morning news/interview shows – whatever – and we were most interested in what those shows – their reporters and whatever – and their guests and whatever – were questioned about and discussed or talk about or try to discuss.

Now, at this moment in this brief writing we, TheFundamentals, will state what we think is America’s number one problem, much like a tumor:

DEBT

Here is the DEBT of the United States of America now (rounded out):

$ 20,000,000,000,000.00

If you have interest in this number and its recent growth please go to:

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

We have just a few things to say before we close up this brief essay:

1.    Number of times we heard it discussed Sunday morning – ZERO

2.    Number of times we heard anyone attempt to raise it – ZERO

3.    Number of times we heard or saw someone mention it in an indirect fashion – ZERO

4.    Enough

This is all we have to say in closing – we did not bother to try to rank our closing statements:

1.    We have no clue who is the stupidest – American media or American politicians and bureaucrats (not the military) or just all the rest of us

2.    Take the politicians – the only one we have heard mention it briefly and recently is the new president (please go to:  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wud7UvrpgLg )  – all the others we watched are simply stupid,  ignorant, afraid or ________

3.    Why do we vote for ignorant dopey people?   Or watch them?

4.    Even better – ask yourself – do I intend – will I leave my kids – my grandkids with debt I didn’t repay?

5.    And then ask yourself this – what in the _____ am I doing voting for _____ who will?   Or watching ________?

6.    Please fill in the blanks after you have read and contemplated an answer!  We can’t because we do not print the several words that come to mind.